The oldest traditions involving the extraction and crafting of milk , come from Mesopotamia, today's Iraq. A corresponding portrayal in the temple of the life goddess Ninchursag, shows that cheese was already being produced at that time. This was around 3,000 years before the birth of Christ.
In order to discover the process involved in the production of cheese, people had to expand their existence as hunters to that of herdsmen. This began with goats, sheep and cows being domesticated, with the result that there was milk avai lab le in larger quantities for disposal.
It must have been an accident that led to the discovery that milk curdles if it is in the sun or heat too long. As well as the discovery of the lab cheese, a large part of today's cheese varieties came about from the power of observation and the impulse to experiment with new knowledge. |
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Cheese has been manufactured for 5000 years |
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